but when I am typing in Hindi with my english keyboard there is no Hindi word I still the english letters typed as "kerasadsd".Which should not happen since Lohit Hindi font is selected so I expected the correcponding key mapped Hindi characters to appear.

Q1) What mistake did I do in above? I have US English keyboard only and I am using the same to type in Hindi.

Q2) Will the documents made as above will be in unicode if not then what font should I use so that I am able to type in unicode using hindi fonts on libreoffice.

I want the original US english menus folder names back.I just wanted
to type a document with Lohit Hindi font in Libreoffice.
Ubuntu 11.10 (I do not use Unity only Gnome desktop. I had installed
gnome-session-fallback long time back and had been using the same).

The problem has increased now.

How do I get back to all english submenus and english folder names.I have a US English Keyboard and I use only US English.Some how this thing which is now set is unwanted.

Re: how to type in hindi from US English Keyboard

Q1) What mistake did I do in above? I have US English keyboard only and I am using the same to type in Hindi.

Q2) Will the documents made as above will be in unicode if not then what font should I use so that I am able to type in unicode using hindi fonts on libreoffice.

A1) You need "Hindi Keyboard layout" to be able to type in Hindi, not English.

A2) No matter whatever font you use, it won't type in Unicode unless it is a Unicode keyboard layout. (which again relates back to Ans.1).

Originally Posted by jamesbon

Well I do not know what Language support means.

it means the 'enabling the system to understand and type' the language/characters you want.

Now onto the solutions:

Originally Posted by jamesbon

I want the original US english menus folder names back.

In the last screen, where you have opened the "Language Support" dialogue box, just highlight "English" (as you already had while taking the screenshot) > then click the button that says (still in English, fortunately..) "Apply System-wide" > then restart (or log-off > re-log-on). Everything should return to normal.

Originally Posted by jamesbon

I just wanted
to type a document with Lohit Hindi font in Libreoffice.

For this, reopen the same "Language Support" dialogue-box, then

click on "Install/Remove languages"

put a 'Tick mark' against Hindi

click "Apply changes"

supply your password to authenticate the change

enable "ibus" on the previous dialogue box (you already have)

close the box.

By doing above, you have installed only support for Hindi typing. Now you also have to add a keyboard layout for Hindi typing. Do this as follows:

In "System-Settings, click "Keyboard Layout"

Click on the '+' sign at the lower left corner to bring up the layout selection list.

Now, if you are habitual to "Mangal" typing in windows, select "Indian" > click "Add"

Two other options are "Hindi (Bolnagri)" and "Hindi (Wx)". Both are phonetic as far as I can tell. There used to be other layouts as well (one of them very close to Kruti or Chanakya), but I couldn't find them in 11.10 (probably because I haven't installed full lang. support pack yet).

Once added to the 'Keyboard Layout' list, you should see a 'keyboard' icon in the system tray (I'm in Unity, but should be same in Gnome), clicking on which you can choose between different enabled layouts.

Additionally, in the 'Keyboard Layout' box, you can click "Options" > "Key(s) to change layout" to assign a shortcut key-combination to toggle between different layouts (just like Alt+Shift in windows).

Re: how to type in hindi from US English Keyboard

A1)
By doing above, you have installed only support for Hindi typing. Now you also have to add a keyboard layout for Hindi typing. Do this as follows:
[*]Once added to the 'Keyboard Layout' list, you should see a 'keyboard' icon in the system tray (I'm in Unity, but should be same in Gnome), clicking on which you can choose between different enabled layouts.[*]Additionally, in the 'Keyboard Layout' box, you can click "Options" > "Key(s) to change layout" to assign a shortcut key-combination to toggle between different layouts (just like Alt+Shift in windows).

in the snapshot top right hand corner you can see a keyboard icon.Which says combination of Keys Ctrl+Space will toggle keyboard. I here after opened libreoffice selected Lohit Hindi and pressed Ctrl+Space but the letters which I typed were still in English.

Originally Posted by kazztan0325

Hi jamesbon,

Do you have the issue even though you have installed 'Hindi' with Language Support?

Re: how to type in hindi from US English Keyboard

I just tried ibus preferences (both in unity and gnome-fallback), and found the same problem you are facing. I've used it before and there's definitely something wrong with it this time. Can't say at the moment whether it's a bug or a bad consequence of all that "oversimplification" attempts Ubuntu is trying these days.

However, the method I described in my earlier post works both in gnome-fallback and unity. Try that:

Originally Posted by varunendra

In "System-Settings, click "Keyboard Layout"

Click on the '+' sign at the lower left corner to bring up the layout selection list.

Now, if you are habitual to "Mangal" typing in windows, select "Indian" > click "Add"......

I'll try to figure out what's wrong with ibus preferences. For now, please try above and post back how it goes for you.

If you can now get the input selection menu like this in ibus preferences, then simply 'Add' the "Phonetic" layout.
Or,
In the method I've been talking about, the same thing is done by selecting "Hindi (Wx)".

Edit:
The other method also gives a keyboard icon same as ibus gives (thus two icons when using both), whose drop-down menu includes the option to "Show current layout".

Edit2:
Actually, "Phonetic" in ibus and "Wx" in "Keyboard Preferences" don't seem to be same. Although they both (along with some others) are phonetic type. So you may have to figure out the most suitable one for yourself, then you can use the default "Keyboard Preference" method to see its keyboard layout from its drop-down menu.